Category Archives: Anseriformes

Curious Mallard

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 14 April 2017.






[Anas platyrhynchos, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mallard]

The sound of the mallard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

Distribution and sightings of the mallard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the mallard across the British Isles

Shetland Eider Ducks

Anseriformes

Place: Noss, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.













Place: Bressay, Shetland Islands
Date: 10 June 2018.





Place: Mousa, Shetland Islands
Date: 11 June 2018.












Place: Lerwick Harbour, Shetland Mainland
Date: 17 June 2018.











[Somateria mollissima, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common eider]

The sound of the eider duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Distribution and sightings of the eider duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the eider duck across the British Isles

Shelduck with Chicks on Bardsey Island

Anseriformes

Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 18 May 2019.







Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 20 May 2019.


Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 21 May 2019.




Place: Porth Solfach, Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
Date: 23 May 2019.




[Tadorna tadorna, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common shelduck]

The sound of the shelduck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the shelduck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Swan Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, South Wales
Date: 7 October 2018.





[Anser cygnoides, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swan goose]

The sound of the swan goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Jorge Leitão)

Local Mute Swans

Anseriformes

Place: Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
Date: 14 April 2018.


Place: Tredegar House, west of Newport
Date: 11 May 2018.



Place: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
Date: 21 July 2018.


Place: Roath Park Lake, Cardiff
Date: 10 November 2018.


Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 22 October 2019.






[Cygnus olor, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Mute swan]

The sound of the mute swan (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Fraser Simpson)

Distribution and sightings of the mute swan across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Male Wood Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Regent’s Park Wetland Area, London
Date: 9 October 2019.










[Aix sponsa, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Wood duck]

The sound of the wood duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ed Pandolfino)

Distribution and sightings of the wood duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Greenland Greater White-fronted Goose

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre
Date: 7 October 2018.




[Anser albifrons flavirostris, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Greater white-fronted goose]

The sound of the greater white-fronted goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Matthias Feuersenger)

Distribution and sightings of the Greenland greater white-fronted goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Brent Geese

Anseriformes

Place: Keyhaven, New Forest
Date: 6 February 2018.











Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.





Place: Lymington Nature Reserve, New Forest
Date: 28 December 2018.






[Branta bernicla, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Brant (goose)]

The sound of the brent goose (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

Distribution and sightings of the Brent goose across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Ferruginous Duck

Anseriformes

Place: Blockley, Cotswolds
Date: 31 March 2019.



[Aythya nyroca, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Ferruginous duck]

The sound of the ferruginous duck (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Stanislas Wroza)

Distribution and sightings of the ferruginous duck across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Argentine Shoveler

Anseriformes

Place: Bird Pens, Llanelli Wetland Centre, Carmarthenshire
Date: 7 October 2018.





[Spatula platalea, Family Anatidae, Order Anseriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Red shoveler]

The sound of the Argentine shoveler (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)